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Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
eneral Meade, whose headquarters were on the north side of the Rapidan. This army was confronted by the Rebel Army of Northern Virginia, stationed on the south side of the Rapidan, under General Robert E. Lee. The 9th corps, under Major-General Burnside, was, at the opening of the campaign, a distinct organization, but on the 24th of May, 1864, it was incorporated into the Army of the Potomac. The Army of the James was commanded by Major-General Butler, whose headquarters were at Fortress Monroe. The headquarters of the Army of the Shenandoah, commanded by Major-General Sigel, were at Winchester. [It is not necessary to mention the other armies for my purpose.] On pages 5th and 6th of his report Mr. Stanton says. Official reports show that on the 1st of May, 1864, the aggregate military force of all arms, officers and men, was nine hundred and seventy thousand seven hundred and ten, to wit: Available force present for duty662,345 On detached service in the dif
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
nt. These troops, under Smith and Gilmore, afterwards constituted the Army of the James, under Butler. Grant also says in the same report: A very considerable force under command of Major-General Sigel was so held for the protection of West Virginia, and the frontiers of Maryland and Pennsylvania. * * * General Sigel was therefore directed to organize all his available force into two expeditions, to move from Beverly and Charleston, under command of Generals Ord and Crook, against the were in full force in these three States, during the whole war, while the Confederate conscript act was never in force in either of them for a moment. In addition to this, the greater part of that portion of Virginia now called the State of West Virginia was disaffected, from the beginning, to the Confederate cause, and was very soon overrun and held by the United States forces. A large portion of East Tennessee was also disaffected, and at no time did the white population, from which the Co
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
rence to the campaign of 1864 from the Rapidan to James river, General Badeau makes this remarkable statement: s two forces in the Valley of Virginia and on the James river (each at least one hundred miles from the Wilderns two forces in the Valley of Virginia and on the James river are included in the estimate of his strength. Led effective men — to operate on the north side of James river, Richmond being your objective point. To the forBaltimore was added to his army before it reached James River, is shown by the following extract from Mr. Stantthern Virginia, embracing all the troops north of James river, including those usually kept in the Valley, so ta, and the other (Pickett's) to the south-side of James river. The strength of that entire corps was then a liother outlying troops on special service north of James river. So that in reality General Lee's entire force wr Beauregard, against Butler on the south side of James river. These troops did not make up the losses at the
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
by United States troops, for the purpose of perpetuating the power of the ruling faction, through the instrumentality of the ballot in the hands of an ignorant and inferior race. This thing has been tamely submitted to by the descendants of men who rushed to arms to resist the stamp act, the tea tax, and the quartering acts of the British Parliament. We look on in amazement at the spectacle presented, conscious that, come what may, we have done our duty in endeavoring to maintain the principles of our fathers, and aware of the fact that we are now powerless and helpless — our only earthly consolation being that derived from a sense of duty performed and the conviction that the world will yet learn to do justice to our acts and motives. Very respectfully, J. A. Early, Late Lieutenant-General Confederate Army. Lynchburg, Virginia, November 19th, 1870. Note.--The marks of the index and of the asterisk, opposite certain items in the tables copied into this article, are mine.
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
gust, 1862, and for the month of June, 1863. The reason that no returns exist for those months is to be found in the fact that, at the end of June, 1862, and for some days into July, General Lee's army was engaged in battle with, or in pursuit of, McClellan's army; that at the end of August of the same year his army was engaged with Pope's army, and immediately thereafter moved into Maryland; and that at the end of June, 1863, his army was in Pennsylvania, where it engaged Meade's army at Gettysburg on the 1st, 2d and 3d of July. This condition of things at the end of those months prevented the regular monthly returns from being made; and the writer of the letter has taken advantage of the fact to greatly magnify General Lee's forces. The greatest force which the latter ever commanded in the field was that with which he attacked McClellan in June, 1862, and his entire effective force at that time did not exceed 80,000, if it reached that figure — including Jackson's command, and the
Wilmington, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
for his army. In regard to the strength of General Lee's army at the time of the evacuation of the works covering Richmond and Petersburg, and of the surrender at Appomattox, it is only necessary to say that the returns for February, 1865, for the Department of Northern Virginia, afford no just criterion of the real strength of that army, as those returns included the forces in the Valley, and other outlying commands, not available for duty on the lines. Detachments for the defence of Wilmington had been made during the winter, and General Lee's army was, at the time of the evacuation, the mere skeleton of what it had been, and its supplies and means were exhausted. Again, all the energies of the United States Government had been put forth, and Grant was at the head of an overpowering army, thoroughly equipped and appointed in every respect, and with the most abundant supplies of all kinds. Yet, General Lee conducted his retreat in the face of his enemy, and over roads almost im
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
Meade's army at Gettysburg on the 1st, 2d and 3d of July. This condition of things at the end of those months prevented the regular monthly returns from being made; and the writer of the letter has taken advantage of the fact to greatly magnify General Lee's forces. The greatest force which the latter ever commanded in the field was that with which he attacked McClellan in June, 1862, and his entire effective force at that time did not exceed 80,000, if it reached that figure — including Jackson's command, and the troops held for the immediate defence of Richmond and at Drury's and Chaffin's Bluffs. The returns for July, 1862, show the strength of his army at the time of the movement against Pope; and all of that was not carried into the field against the latter, as at least two divisions were left to watch McClellan's army at Harrison's landing, and did not get up until after Pope had been driven into the fortifications around Washington. The returns for May, 1863, fully cover t
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
el Army of Northern Virginia, stationed on the south side of the Rapidan, under General Robert E. Lee. The 9th corps, under Major-General Burnside, was, at the opening of the campaign, a distinct organization, but on the 24th of May, 1864, it was incorporated into the Army of the Potomac. The Army of the James was commanded by Major-General Butler, whose headquarters were at Fortress Monroe. The headquarters of the Army of the Shenandoah, commanded by Major-General Sigel, were at Winchester. [It is not necessary to mention the other armies for my purpose.] On pages 5th and 6th of his report Mr. Stanton says. Official reports show that on the 1st of May, 1864, the aggregate military force of all arms, officers and men, was nine hundred and seventy thousand seven hundred and ten, to wit: Available force present for duty662,345 On detached service in the different military departments109,348 In field hospitals, or unfit for duty41,266 In general hospitals, or on
Europe (search for this): chapter 1.2
n limits, from which the United States Government drew its troops, exceeded considerably twenty millions. In addition to this, by large bounties, it was enabled to draw very largely upon the population of other countries on this continent and in Europe, and it also obtained a large number of troops from among the slaves and free negroes of the South, and from the disaffected of those regions which were overrun by its armies. These facts, taken in connection with the further fact that the latteully covers our whole strength from first to last. Is anything farther necessary to show the tremendous odds against which we fought? In view of the results, so far, of the unfortunate war now progressing between two of the greatest powers of Europe, nearly equal in men and resources, and each having the benefit of the most improved engines of war, may we not look the world squarely in the face, point to our struggle, and the sacrifices and sufferings we endured for the cause for which we fo
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
th Carolina, and which with my brigade had been engaged, under Beauregard, against Butler on the south side of James river. These troops did not make up the losses at the Wilderness and at Spotsylvania Courthouse, and in the meantime Grant had received considerably more than 40,000 reinforcements from Washington and Baltimore for his army. In regard to the strength of General Lee's army at the time of the evacuation of the works covering Richmond and Petersburg, and of the surrender at Appomattox, it is only necessary to say that the returns for February, 1865, for the Department of Northern Virginia, afford no just criterion of the real strength of that army, as those returns included the forces in the Valley, and other outlying commands, not available for duty on the lines. Detachments for the defence of Wilmington had been made during the winter, and General Lee's army was, at the time of the evacuation, the mere skeleton of what it had been, and its supplies and means were exh
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